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Topic: Silver Hawaiian Body Filler material |
Robert Salomone
From:
Carefree, Arizona
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Posted 7 Jun 2005 1:44 pm |
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I've come across a couple of Silver Hawaiian Rickenbachers in the last few weeks that apparently have some sort of resin poured inside to add weight to it. It looks like tar or Epoxy.
Anyone know what this material is, and if it can be removed?
Thnaks,
Robert |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 7 Jun 2005 1:56 pm
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I've found it in my Model 59 and my A25 prewar Frypan.
I had to chip some away to get a new potentiometer in the Model 59 ... and as soon as it was broken ... it smelled of creosote ... bigtime.
Smelled soooo bad ... I had to seal the "wound" with 100% silicon.
That worked ... but I did my best not to disturb it ... in my A25.
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 7 Jun 2005 2:03 pm
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I found a photo I took of the A25 ...
No doubt that it was factory installed ... |
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Denny Turner
From:
Oahu, Hawaii USA
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Posted 7 Jun 2005 3:02 pm
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It's in my '37 model 59 too. The only thing I can think of it being there for is to stop wire and pots from being vibrated. The newspaper packing shows that there was some considerable resonance that Ric was working with ...probably pronounced in higher volume speaker fields.
Looks to me like a dremmel and sugeaons touch would be needed on mine to get that hardened "tar" out without damaging the wires and pots.
Aloha,
DT~
Aloha,
DT~
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John Dahms
From:
Perkasie, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 7 Jun 2005 5:10 pm
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| Its in a ca '40 model 59 that I have but not in a ca'39 model 59 or in my '37 Silver Hawaiian. It's in the tail only and appears to have been impregnated into some paper stuffed in there as well ( maybe so as not to block the string holes?) |
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